Infiniti is one of the rare luxury automakers that doesn’t have an official electric vehicle program in its lineup, but the Japanese automaker has now confirmed work on a new electric vehicle platform based on the Q Inspiration concept car.

Without confirming the exact nature of the “electrified powertrains”, the automaker announced that they will be launching a new sedan built on “an electrified platform based on Q Inspiration concept car will go into production within the next five years”.

An electrified platform based on the INFINITI Q Inspiration concept car will go into production within the next five years. The sedan will be manufactured in China at a location to be announced.

INFINITI Chairman and Global President Roland Krueger made the announcement today at a special Auto China preview event at the INFINITI Brand Experience Center in Beijing:

“INFINITI is developing a new platform for electrified vehicles inspired by the Q Inspiration concept car, which shows the new design language for the age of autonomy and electrification. We very much had China in mind when designing the Q Inspiration, which shows a very sporty, performance-oriented electric concept, with a much bigger interior space,”

But again, Infiniti is Nissan’s luxury brand and according to the automaker, an “electrified vehicle” could mean pure electric vehicles (BEV) or e-POWER vehicles, which are basically electric vehicles with a gas-powered range extender without any plug or all-electric range (HEV).

Hopefully, the new platform will include fully-electric options because the Japanese automaker will otherwise start falling significantly behind other automakers like Jaguar, Tesla, and the big German luxury automakers.